HometownBeaverton, OR, United StatesEducation University of Oregon, Bachelor of Arts / ScienceStanford University, Master of Business Administration

Former Oregon track star founded sneaker-maker Blue Ribbon Sports 1964; sold Japanese shoes from car trunk. Supplemented income by teaching accounting at Portland State. Began manufacturing own shoes, molding rubber soles with a wafflemaker. Renamed Nike, added "swoosh" logo 1971. Company has been nation's largest athletic footwearmaker for decades. Handed reins to former SC Johnson exec Bill Perez 2004; Perez stepped down 13 months later after feuding with Knight. Longtime insider Mark Parker now at helm.

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